This is "politics news" insofar as we know that 126.9% of you Wonketteers would not even be reading this post right now without some kind of Apple device that also enables you to continue the grueling daily process of existing, so let us all take a moment to say goodbye to Apple founder Steve Jobs, who
Meh. I played with the Altos computer at PARC... it had a five figure price, was the size of a minivan, and was not nearly as polished as the original Mac OS. And Xerox had no clue what to do with it -- it was Steve who saw immediately that all computers would someday work that way.
You're sounding like the Wintards who rag on Macs, never having owned one. Fact is, you can buy MP3 files anywhere, or rip tunes from your CDs, and put them on an iPod ... and do it all on a Windows PC. People like Apple stuff because it works. (Or maybe you can convince my 84-year old mom that she's a hipster... good luck with that.)
Yep. My first computer was an Apple I. It was a kit you put together. Storage was on a panasonic cassette tape recorder. Someone's Dad donated it to our high school computer club. When we weren't messing around with that, we were playing Star Trek on the AZ State U. mainframe using an actual TeleType terminal connected to the mainframe by a telephone plugged into a 300 baud acoustically coupled modem. Them was the days....
"Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.
I always thought the Amiga was the better computer. But, when you're dealing with consumers, better doesn't always win.
RIP Mr. Jobs. Your innovation will be missed. Who will China corporations copy now?
Were it not for Steve, you'd still be looking at a C: prompt every time you (re)booted your PC.
Might as well watch the man himself say it. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watc..." target="_blank">" rel="nofollow noopener" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8uR6Z6KLc">http://www.youtube.com/watc...
Meh. I played with the Altos computer at PARC... it had a five figure price, was the size of a minivan, and was not nearly as polished as the original Mac OS. And Xerox had no clue what to do with it -- it was Steve who saw immediately that all computers would someday work that way.
You&#039;re sounding like the Wintards who rag on Macs, never having owned one. Fact is, you can buy MP3 files anywhere, or rip tunes from your CDs, and put them on an iPod ... and do it all on a Windows PC. People like Apple stuff because it works. (Or maybe you can convince my 84-year old mom that she&#039;s a hipster... good luck with that.)
You win! Very subtle, biting, and funny as fuck
Yep. My first computer was an Apple I. It was a kit you put together. Storage was on a panasonic cassette tape recorder. Someone&#039;s Dad donated it to our high school computer club. When we weren&#039;t messing around with that, we were playing Star Trek on the AZ State U. mainframe using an actual TeleType terminal connected to the mainframe by a telephone plugged into a 300 baud acoustically coupled modem. Them was the days....
Wow. I teared up over that. I wish I could somehow adopt his attitude.
&quot;Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.
Stay hungry. Stay foolish.&quot;
-Steve Jobs 1955-2011
oh. nice.
Very strange.
rip steve jobs.
thanks for genius and simple beauty.